This morning Jackie & Tom Bain and myself led a walk for the Delaware  County
Preservation Parks Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club at Blue Creek
Preserve. The weather was nippy with a wind chill factor and I saw gloves out  for
the first time since last March. As dismal as the weather was and even
though overall activity was somewhat slow, only 30 species, it turned out  to be a
good walk as we had some nice finds. Last Saturday we worked the  Northern
side of the preserve along the stream beds. This week we worked the  Southern
areas as we walked the Shagbark Loop Trail and the Blue Stem Trail. We  started
off with a group of Fox Sparrow along the side of the Shagbark Loop  Trail.
This trail also produced White-crowned Sparrow, Purple Finch and Pine  Siskin.
Over the fields to the west of the trail we got nice views of a female  Northern
Harrier. A variety of grassland birds were present in the areas along  the
Blue Stem Trail. The species observed by the group included:

Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Charlie Bombaci

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